The Government is removing the exemption for applicants earning over $180,000 per year for English language and skills assessments for the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) and Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187).
In implementing this change, the Department will ensure it only affects applications lodged from 1 July.
The removal of

SKILLED VISA - ACT NOMINATION

Canberra – Confident, Bold and Ready.
The ACT Government can support your dream to live permanently in Canberra. Read through the following information about ACT nomination of a Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa and see whether you are eligible to apply for ACT nomination.

On 18 April 2017, the Government announced a number of reforms to Australia’s temporary and permanent skilled visa programmes. Implementation of the reforms commenced on 19 April 2017 and will be completed by March 2018. For information about these reforms – see:

VETASSESS Scl 457 Assessment

You will need to apply for a skills assessment under the 457 Skills Assessment Program if you:

hold a passport from one of the nominated countries or Special Administrative Regions (SARs) in the table below; and
are seeking a skills assessment in any of the following occupations in the table below.

Processing times were updated on the Department’s website on 14 June 2017 and the figures for Subclass 143 visas are not good. It takes 35 months to process 75 % of applications and 39 months to process 90%.